European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday november 11,1993 Ata Olance euro Disney is supposed to be a place of Good times. But for the Park s owners it s a financial Nightmare that posted a loss of More than $900 million in its first full fiscal year. For details see Page killer 92, remorseful a 92-year-old woman in a wheel chair Felt bad about killing a teen age burglar a neighbor says. Page 5 gun curbs backed the Senate has voted overwhelmingly to forbid the Sale of handguns or ammunition to juveniles. Pages Kelso defended adm. Frank b. Kelso ii was t in an area where women were groped during the Tail Hook convention a former aide has testified. Pages doctors Chow Down fast food lovers can take heart experts on coronary disease love those fatty meals too. Page 9 a new kind of combat the lebanese Are Back at War but with paintball this time. Pagell Index i Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 24-27 comics 21-23 commentary 17 crossword 21 faces a places 20 Horoscope 26 Jumble 6 letters. 16 Money matters .15 sports 28-36 to listings 35 weather 14 correction a Story wednesday incorrectly state the scope of the closures of merchants National Bank branches in German today. Only the Branch Bank in the . Embassy in Bonn is closed. Vets from Page 1 the military which told troops in the Are that the explosion was Only a sonic Boom gave her son ulcer medication but did not take a Ray or blood tests. When he returned Home he was found to have cancer of the heart lungs spleen kidney and brain. Nick Roberts of Columbus oa., remembered his burning skin and numb lips when the explosion occurred above his naval construction battalion. Roberts who has received chemotherapy for Lym Phoma said that 28 out of 33 people in his unit now have health problems. Among the 500,000 americans who served  Gulf thousands have complained of undiagnosed symptoms that Nave come to be known As persian Gulf syndrome. Fumes from hundreds of iraqi set Oil fires pesticides and radiation from depleted uranium used in tank munitions arc among the suspected causes. But until recently chemical and biological contamination was not consid ered because the Pentagon said there was Rio evidence that Iraq had used its chemical agent  a czech military unit that participated in the anti Iraq coalition now says it detected Low Levels of Chemi Cal radiation in the air. Last week the veterans affairs department said it i setting up a Pilot program to test yets. Milce land of Huntington Beach,calif., a Black Hawk helicopter Pilot testified that he became sick soon after theban. 20 attack. He is now undergoing chemotherapy for Rion Hodgkins Lymphoma while his wife is suffering from persian Gulf syndrome symptoms and his Daugh Ter was born with deformed feet. An Aerial flew shows the scene of the bus crash in which at least 10 people were killed wednesday Southeast of London. The bus was carrying mostly american tourists. Us i am Only one of Many. Please help land asked the congressional panel. The Pentagon has not yet come clean with what it knows said rep. Lane Evans d-iii., a senior committee member. Poll from Page 1 issued a summary of the Survey s major conclusions wednesday at its Heidelberg Headquarters. The responses on the health care ques Tion suggest that at least a Large minority of people have trouble getting Access to care but once they get it they re Happy with it. Respondents were most satisfied with the work of dental assistants 92 percent and least satisfied with medical staff workers 80 percent. In postal matters about 66 percent of respondents were Happy with delivery times to the United states but Only about so percent were satisfied with de livery times from the United states. Response groups in previous Survey consisted Only of soldiers but civilians and family members participated in the1993 Survey according to Robert c. Wil Liams the Survey project  Survey showed that the  Community in Europe overwhelmingly opposes allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military strongly favors admitting women to aviation combat units and is split on whether women should serve in ground combat units. Also nearly two thirds of the respondents said that when they move to a new Home they plan to mail their valuables instead of entrusting them to a moving firm under government contract. The an Swers appear to reflect recent publicized problems involving moving  Survey found the rate of sexual harassment of civilian women 27 percent lower than that of their military counterparts 39 percent but the latter figures Down 8 percentage Points since 1992. The Survey also found that Twenty seven percent of White non crashes from Page 1 and a British guide on Board. The Accident occurred about 9 40 a.m.,roughly two hours after the bus left Lon Don. The bus crashed near Faver Sharn about 50 Miles Southeast of the capital in one of England s most crowded counties. It is one of the worst single accidents we be Ever had in this county said Kent county police assistant chief consta Lepeter Hermitage. Clearly we Don t know what was in the Driver s mind. I wish hews Here to Tell  trapped and injured passenger screamed As firefighters battled to Cut them from the wreckage. Nearly All the passengers were taken by Road or Heli copter to nearby hospitals. An air exclusion area was declared Over the crash site and the Highway which has a 70 Mph Speed limit was closed for 6v4  was the most terrible thing i have Ever seen in my life said John Walraven who lives near the Accident site. There were people on the coach and  and legs sticking out everywhere he said. The Back window was smashed and bodies had been thrown  or. Susan Brooks head of the Emer gency Section at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury said that even slightly injured survivors were hospitalized because they Are american and have no social Contact there and Are rather  officials from the . Embassy went to the Hospital. Archbishop of Canterbury George l. Carey and the British government sent condolences. . Army Europe Survey results of 22,000 random mailings 5,314 Senri remembers returned Survey asking about Quality of life since the draw Down. These Are some of the responses medical care 59% worsened 39% stayed the same 5% improved dental care 47% stayed the same 46% worsened improved of dodos 47% declined 41% stayed the same 12% improved not some Figuni add up to Mora Fafian 100% Baauw of round my. Hispanic soldiers said they had been Vic Tims of discrimination since arriving i Europe and 41 percent of All other sol Diers said they had suffered such discrimination. More than half the victims said they had suffered from racial discrimination. More than three fifths of the victimized female soldiers cited gender discrimination As the cause. About 15 percent of the military respondents engage in heavy  defined As five or More drinks on a single Day but Only 4 percent of civilians do. About 12 percent of All respondents said Rawdon related stress had prompted them to drink More alcohol. Nearly 60 percent of respondent preferred the existing Standard lengths of gangs gang violence in schools 42% believe problem exists 30% believe no problem exists 26% Donl know school class size 83% satisfied 17% dissatisfied household relocation 74% have not moved 18% have moved once 6% have moved twice 2% have moved three times 1% have moved four or More Virnet i s4s Susan Harris european duty Tours two years unaccompanied and three Yean accompanied to any alternative combination. In the 1992 presidential election 49percent of the  Community Mem Bers who were eligible to vote did so. Only 14 percent of the people Eligi ble to use the  career and alumni program have done so. Of those who did,92 percent were satisfied with the Gram s services whih Are designed tease the transition to civilian Tuv after discharge. Many of the results including those involving discrimination cannot be com pared effectively to previous Yean find Ings because the wording of the questions had changed the  officials said. I i i c f